Nigeria

Update on COVID-19 indicates that yesterday, 24th August 2020, 321 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, till date, 52,548 cases have been confirmed, out of which 39,257 have been discharged and 1,004 deaths also recorded […]

Confirmed CoronaVirus cases in Nigeria took a dip yesterday after Saturday’s high record with the country crossing the threshold of 1000 deaths. Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC) , on Sunday 23rd August recorded 322 new cases of COVID19Nigeria. The cases were recorded from 18 states of the country and the […]

Updates on covid 19 has it that on the 22nd of August 2020 Nigeria recorded 601 new corona virus cases. Bringing the total number of confirmed cases of corona virus to 51,902 The breakdown of the cases is as follows Lagos-404FCT-37Oyo-19Ondo-14Abia-13Enugu-13Kaduna-13Edo-12Kano-12Kwara-11Ebonyi-10Nasarawa-7Ogun-6Osun-5Delta-5Niger-5Plateau-4Bayelsa-4Katsina-3Ekiti-2Imo-2 Out of the 51,905 confirmed cases38,767 are treated and […]

The House Ad Hoc Committee Investigating the Non-Implementation of ‘Pay As You Go’ Tariff by Satellite Broadcast Service Providers issued the summons, asking DSTV, owned by South Africa-based Multichoice, to appear before it next Tuesday. At its investigative hearing at Abuja recently the committee also gave StarTimes two weeks to […]

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, 7 deaths were also recorded. Till date, 50,964 cases have been confirmed in the country. 37,569 cases have been discharged and 992 deaths have also been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 476 new cases are reported […]

Update on COVID-19 for 19th August 2020, shows that 593 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection were recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. NCDC also reported 4 deaths. According to the Centre, till date, 50,488 cases have so far been confirmed across the country since the first […]

University students, under the aegis of ‎National Association of University Students, NAUS, on Wednesday demanded the reopening of universities and other tertiary institutions in the country. The students, who protested in Abuja, said there was no reason higher institutions of learning would remain closed when markets, churches and public offices […]

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has described as unfair, the recent clampdown on Nigerian businesses in Ghana by the Ghanaian authorities. He made this known in a statement made available to the media yesterday . Obi, who said such […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received his immediate predecessor in office, Goodluck Jonathan, at the State House, Abuja. Goodluck Jonathan ECOWAS Special Envoy to the Republic of Mali briefed the president on the political situation in the West African country. The meeting coincides with the reports of soldiers’ arrest of […]

Update on COVID-19 shows that yesterday, being 18th of August, 410 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus infection were reported in Nigeria. A release issued by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said till date, 49,895 cases have been confirmed in the country. Of this figure, 37,051 cases have been discharged, […]